The Sphere of Psyche

Fluttershy made her way toward her home on the outskirts of Ponyville.

Now that she had her lunch, it was going to be time to feed all the animals under her care.

She opened the door to her cottage and greeted her pet bunny angel before starting on making the days meals.

Angel’s of course was first as he would not leave her alone until he had it. She quickly fixed up his garden salad and he ran off to eat it alone as usual.

Now she could move on to the other animals.

Time to go for a fly!

“Aaaahhhh!” Fluttershy screamed, ducking down and covering her face with her wings. “Rainbow Dash! I thought you agreed to stop sneaking up-”

She uncovered her face expecting to see Rainbow Dash standing before her but her kitchen was entirely empty.

“Rainbow Dash! You better not be trying to scare me again!” She said as she opened some of her cabinets to try and spot the blue pegasus.

After spending a few minutes though with no success at finding Rainbow or anypony else, she turned back to preparing the food, believing she must have imagined it.

Come on! It’s time to get some exercise!

No it’s not. It’s time to feed the animals.

Oh please they’ll be fine. It’s not like all the food they need isn’t already out in nature for them.

Well yes, but-

That’s what I thought! Now come on! You’ve been slacking for too long!

Fluttershy looked down at her body. She had never been the fittest or skinniest of her friends.

Given her mostly relaxed lifestyle and only leaving her home for supplies or to see her friends, she had a figure that could best be described as chubby.

Her tummy stuck out a bit more than most ponies, her butt was a bit wider, and her breasts were generous to say the least.

Although that may have to do with her supplying milk to the baby animals who needed it for nourishment. Even still though, she wasn’t nearly as big as Pinkie Pie.

Well, maybe a quick jog wouldn’t hurt-

That’s the spirit! Let’s go!

Fluttershy walked toward the door to her cottage and went outside. As she was about to begin her run however, the Rainbow like voice in her head stopped her.

What do you think you’re doing?

Oh, um, going for a jog like you said.

You can’t just go for a jog! You gotta stretch first!

But I don’t know any stretches!

What are you talking about! You’re doing them right now!

Fluttershy looked down at her body and realized she was in fact stretching, bending her limbs this way and that in a way that made her look like an experienced athlete.

Even though she had never learned these stretches before.

Aw yeah! That’s what I’m talking about! Now let’s getting moving wide load!

Fluttershy took off and began her jog. Not too fast, but just enough to get her heart rate up.

Faster!

Fluttershy increased her pace.

Faster!

Fluttershy increased her pace again.

FASTER!

Fluttershy was now in a full on gallop, tearing down the road at a break neck speed.

Usually she would only be running if it was away from danger, but this felt invigorating!

She continued her run until she was in the town square in Ponyville, stopping at the water fountain to hydrate herself and cool down.

Once she had relaxed a little, she turned back toward the direction of home.

Where do you think you’re going?

Home. I still need to check up on the animals.

That’s not cool. Let’s go to the gym instead.

But I just ran two miles! Isn’t that enough?

Heck no! We’ve gotta work out your other muscles!

Fluttershy found herself walking off the path toward home, heading instead for a building a few blocks away with a large dumbbell on top.

I’ve never been here before! How do I know where it is?

Are you kidding? This is our favorite place to work out!

As Fluttershy walked through the door to the gym, she was greeted by a busy environment full of ponies all doing a variety of exercises, from wing ups, pushups, lifting weights, swimming, jogging, and so much more.

There was even an obstacle course designed specifically for pegasi in the back.

A pony from behind a desk walked over to her.

“Hi welcome to the Ponyville Gym, the place to lose weight until late. I’m slingshot. Looks like it’s your first time here. Let me hook you up with one of our welcome bags. It has a couple of things to help you get started. Let me know if you have any questions.” Said the pony as she gave Fluttershy her sales pitch and free bag before heading back toward the counter.

Fluttershy again found her hooves moving foward without her telling them to. This time toward the gym’s locker room.

What’s happening to me? I don’t wanna be here! I wanna be home with my animal friends! I need to find Twilight and fix this!

Fluttershy tried her hardest to turn around, to run and never look back, but her body continued to ignore her, entering the locker room and taking a seat on a bench before rummaging through the bag.

Come on! Why be a reserved nobody when you can be awesome like Rainbow Dash?

But I don’t think that’s—

Think? What’s to think about? I’m thinking we should just be like Rainbow Dash. Besides you’ll never reach Twilight in time to reverse this.

I don’t think I should be—

Fluttershy? You’re right; we tried that and all it ever got us was scared. Why not forget? Why not let yourself—

Be like Rainbow Dash?

Yes! Just be like Rainbow Dash. Just be like Rainbow Dash. Be just like Rainbow Dash. Be just like Rainbow Dash. Be like Rainbow Dash. Be like Rainbow Dash. Be Rainbow Dash. Be Rainbow Dash. Be Rainbow Dash. Be Rainbow Dash.

The whole time the Rainbow Dash voice was arguing with her, Fluttershy failed to notice her body pulling out random things from the bag.

A pair of spandex gym shorts, a sports bra, and sweat bands were laid out on the bench.

Had anypony bothered to pay attention, they would’ve noticed the bra and shorts seemed to be for a pony a couple sizes smaller then her.

As she began to pull the shorts up her legs and onto her butt, her mind began to change.

All her knowledge of nature and animal care was swapped with the knowledge of sports, dieting, and exercise.

Keeping in top shape in order to be in the Wonderbolts was her top priority.

That and being kind toward any creature that asked for her help workout wise.

Her body also began to change.

Her chubby body began to slim down all over.

Her stomach became as flat as a board while her butt, thighs, and breasts also lost their mass and became toned with muscle.

Her breasts were the most noticeable change, going from the size of melons to barely noticeable at all.

Her body now showed a pony that dieted and exercised to achieve a body that was completely stream line.

Had anypony simply glanced at her, they may have even confused her for a stallion.

Her mane and tail changed as she slid the sports bra over her head and on to her chest.

Gone was her long and feminine mane and tail that she would often hide in.

Her mane and tail shortened to a length most mares would describe as tomboyish, but what she would describe as helpful when she was flying at high speeds.

Lastly came her eyelashes.

The mascara she put on her lashes every morning to help accentuate her big caring eyes vanished, giving way to eyes that always burned with the fire of determination to win.

As she pulled the last sweat band over her head, she heard the voice in her head repeat one last time;

Be Rainbow Dash …

“Be…Rainbow Dash…” She whispered softly to herself.

And when she opened her eyes that’s who was; Flutter Dash. Who she’d always been.

She stopped to admire herself in the locker room mirror on her way to the workout area.

“Aw yeah do I look awesome!” She said as she flexed her biceps in the mirror. “I’m so getting the head flying role at the next Wonderbolt performance.”

Her voice was now noticeably different, a confident and slightly cocky tone now came from her mouth where a quiet and reserved voice once bellowed.

Flutter Dash spent hours at the gym, working over every muscle group excessively until she completed what she believed to be her daily workout regimen, even though she had never done it before.

She made her way back to the locker room and showered, rinsing the sweat off her rock hard muscles.

She the dried herself and put her gym cloths back in her gym bag before leaving the gym and flying off toward her cloud home.

She couldn’t wait to get home and tell Tank about her day and knock out another chapter of her new Daring Do book.

Sometimes it’s hard being this awesome

She laughed at her joke as she continued to speed off toward home.